Faith Active in Love

Jesus taught us to love both God and our neighbor (see Matthew 22:34-40). In this meditation, Johann Arndt explores how love for God cannot exist without neighbor-love (Listen). Faith active in love is how we live as disciples of Jesus.

Source: Devotions and Prayers of Johann Arndt, selected and translated by John Joseph Stoudt, pages 38-39 (Meditation from Arndt’s True Christianity and prayer from Arndt’s The Garden of Paradise).

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